Full name: Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid

Author: Ralph Fletcher Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781250010247 9780805072426 1250010241 080507242X

Imagine learning from a nosy classmate that your mother is having yet another baby. To Ralph's classmates, news of one more Fletcher baby is just "scuttlebutt." But for Ralph, the oldest of nine, being part of a large family means more kids to join in the fun - from making tripods in the woods and "snicking" up the rug, to raising chicks and even discovering a meteor (well, maybe). It doesn't feel like there's life beyond Marshfield, Massachusetts. Then one day Dad's new job moves the family to Chicago, and there's so much Ralph has to leave behind. In this humorous and captivating memoir, Ralph Fletcher traces the roots of his storytelling. Similar books: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Educated by Tara Westover Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra Gifted Hands by Ben Carson The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman Lucky by Alice Sebold A Million Little Pieces by James Frey The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad In Pieces by Sally Field Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius Inside Out by Demi Moore Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl